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ADHD & Emotional Distress Syndrome

A common component of ADHD, Emotional Distress Syndrome strips you of self-confidence, despite a lifetime of successes and a strong circle of support. It makes you feel flawed. Worthless. Hopeless. But it IS within your control. Here's how.

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  1. For decades I suffered with all of the ADHD symptoms and especially the new labeled symptom of ADHD, “Emotional Dysregulation.” (I am amazed at all of the labels one illness can amass!)
    For several months now, I have subscribed to the regular emails via ADDitude, and every time I read an article about this illness I very rarely see information about other testing (i.e., blood or saliva panels) ensuring whether a person may be suffering from some other sort of physiological condition in the body and not ADHD.
    When I finally reached a point of no return and after decades of anti-depressants, counseling, poking and prodding, thinking I was literally losing my mind, I went to a naturopathic medical doctor. I was immediately diagnosed through a simple DNA saliva test that I had a MTHFR Mutation, with additional markers on genes related to emotions. Now I am on the road to immense improvement via natural vitamins and nutrients, as well as eating cleaner. (The biggest culprit in my case is Folic Acid which is the synthetic ingredient in most pre-packaged foods). Think about that! The culprit is in nearly every pre-packaged food we eat!
    Do you have young children showing similar signs? It’s hereditary! Where to start? A great online resource is Dr. Ben Lynch http://mthfr.net/
    Best of luck and good mental health!

  2. A little uncomfortable at schizophrenia being described as “losing it” here. As we all know what it’s like to deal with a highly stigmatised condition, it would be good to avoid piling that stigma onto other groups.

  3. So can a diagnosis of behavioral personality disorder be confused with ADD? I can’t see the difference in symptoms.

    1. Do you mean “Borderline Personality Disorder”? There’s no such thing as Behavioral Personality Disorder. And no, I don’t see how any decent clinician could confuse ADHD with Borderline. There may be some overlap on the surface, but it’s very small and for entirely different reasons.

    2. A little uncomfortable at schizophrenia being described as “losing it” here. As we all know what it’s like to deal with a highly stigmatised condition, it would be good to avoid piling that stigma onto other groups.

    3. I know your comment is months old, but I was wondering the same. This explains why I have always related to BPD symptoms but never felt it fits quite accurately.

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